offTheLeftEye is a project of the Swedenborg Foundation. We dig into Emanuel Swedenborg’s writings to learn more about the spiritual backdrop of this life we’re living, and then work hard to craft a narrative to share what we learn, using visual tools of animations, illustrations, and diagrams to deliver the concepts in an entertaining, enlightening, and uplifting way.
We craft our messaging in the realms of both writing and execution. We combine thorough scholarship of Swedenborg’s works, careful shaping of narrative content, high-quality art, graphic design, and production technology, and a current awareness of our audience’s interests to create vibrant, relevant, and deep programming to support people in their lives.
But we’re more than videos. We’re a community. We love to support our viewers in engaging with the ideas we relay in our content. We have a robust and passionate moderation team here to respond to your questions as you explore our content, whether that’s through commenting on the website, on social media, under YouTube videos, or in our livestream chats.
Our goal is for you to feel the love and support inherent in our content no matter the avenue through which you engage with us. It is our hope that our content may bring comfort to the suffering, peace to the unsettled, and offer tools to help overcome spiritual hardships, no matter your cultural or religious background. You are welcome here and we hope you find the knowledge, love, and support you desire.
When the common good of all is what people focus on, then no one ever usurps another’s happiness or destroys another’s freedom but promotes and increases it as much as possible. That is why heavenly communities seem to form a unit, and this is the effect of mutual love alone, which comes from the Lord.
—Emanuel Swedenborg, Secrets of Heaven 1316
Meet Our Team
Curtis Childs
Director of offTheLeftEye
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Jonathan Rose
Series Editor of the New Century Edition
Dr. Jonathan Rose appears on several offTheLeftEye programs. The New . . .
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Chelsea Odhner
Writer and Production Coordinator
Chelsea loves to combine creativity and content to support people in . . .
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Karin Childs
Community Manager
Karin researches topics in Swedenborg’s writings and crafts . . .
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Stewart Farmer
Technical Director
In addition to producing digital content, Stewart directs all . . .
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Matthew Childs
Video Art Director
Matthew’s work involves planning, filming, and editing video content . . .
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Meng Zhang
Motion Graphics Designer
Meng creates motion graphics, animations, and illustrations for . . .
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Jesse Johnson
Motion Graphics Designer
Jesse illustrates and animates visual segments and overlay graphics . . .
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Chris Dunn
Director of Digital Marketing
Chris is the architect of offTheLeftEye’s digital strategy for making . . .
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Chara Daum
Latin Consultant for the New Century Edition
When offTheLeftEye quotes from a book not yet translated by the . . .
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Devon Asplundh
Video Editor
Devon edits the “News From Heaven” and “S&L Short Clips” videos . . .
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Melissa Bowyer
Social Media Moderator
Melissa is a spiritual seeker who is grateful to talk to people . . .
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Kendall Hyatt
Social Media Moderator
Kendall is a moderator at offTheLeftEye. She supports our . . .
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Alexia Cole
Online Media Manager for the Swedenborg Foundation
Alexia works on the website and social media accounts for offTheLeftEye . . .
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James Cole
Digital Marketing Assistant
James enjoys his work in the world of offTheLeftEye’s digital . . .
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The Swedenborg Foundation is an independent, educational US-based nonprofit that serves to publish, preserve, and promote the life-guiding principles of eighteenth-century spiritual world explorer Emanuel Swedenborg. We produce faith and spirituality-based content across a variety of media, both online and in print. The mission of the Swedenborg Foundation is to foster an affirmative, informed, and increasingly broad engagement with the theological message disclosed by Emanuel Swedenborg.